Sammendrag
Research shows that more than 80% of accidents at sea were caused by human related factors. Some experts implied that less adequate design is one significant element that may lead to human errors. There are several ways to discover whether a design has considered human factors, i.e., to refer to the design specification, to consult the designers, to conduct a direct observation through a site visit or through a model, to interrogate the users, or to look into the system that regulates the design. This paper applied the content analysis methodology to explore how the human factors have been covered in the design of marine systems. Various documents such as rules, design guidelines, standards and basic textbooks have been analyzed. The results indicate that there are extensive references that cover human factors in designing marine systems. They are published with different degrees of enforcement, some are prescriptive and some are obligatory.
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